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four days. The sooner it is done, the less 
hazardous is the experiment. 
As a general rule, second swarms only 
should be doubled. Third and fourth swarms 
should always have their Queens taken from 
them, and the bees returned to the parent 
stock, according to Rule 10. 
RULE VI. 
ON REMOVING IIONEY. 
Insert a slide under the drawer, so far as 
to cut off all communication between the 
lower apartment and the drawer. Insert an- 
other slide between the first slide and the 
drawer. Now draw out the box containing 
the honey, with the slide that is next to it. — 
Set the drawer on its window end, a little 
distance from the apiary, and remove the 
slide. Now supply the place of the drawer, 
thus removed, with an empty one, and draw 
the first inserted slide. 
REM A RKS. 
Care must be exercised in performing this 
operation. The apertures through the floor 
in the chamber must be kept closed by the 
